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Orang Asal dan Keluhannya

 

Orang Asal dan Keluhannya

 

 

Baru baru ini pada 22-05-2010 Majlis ...

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Perkidmatan Bantuan Guaman Percuma untuk Orang Asal

 

Perkidmatan Bantuan Guaman Percuma untuk Orang Asal

 

 

Majlis pegu...

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Orang Asli protest memo: Demands and relevance

Orang Asli protest memo: Demands and relevance

  
With permission of Aliran (photo courtesy of KOMAS)
Some 2,500 Orang Asli gathered in Putrajaya on 17 March 2010 to oppose a proposed Orang Asli land policy. Yogeswaran Subramaniam looks at what they want and examines if their demands are 'relevant' from the government's perspective.
In an unpre...
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Re: ‘Historic Orang Asli show of force’

Letter of Clarification by Colin Nicholas (Center For Orang Asli Concerns) 
 
The Editor
Malaysiakini.com
 
Dear Steven and Aidila,
 
Re: ‘Historic Orang Asli show of force’
 
Thank you for your very good coverage of the Orang Asli protest at Putrajaya on Wednesday.
 
However, I only realised after s...
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New land policy for Orang Asli: boon or bane?


A new land policy purported to be a boon for the 150,000-strong Orang Asli community has all but been received as good news, given the many questions surrounding the announcement, said activists.

Unless further details are forthcoming from the government, the policy ann...


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Orang Asli call for recognition of their Ancestral Land

Orang Asli call for recognition of their Ancestral Land

By Augustine Anthony & Bah Tony Williams-Hunt

On 04.12.2009 it was reported in the New Straits Times that some 19,990 Orang Asli families will receive freehold land titles. CLICK HERE TO READ :  The full NST Report .

It would generally be expected that the Orang Asli communities will be elated with th...

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Press Release: Stop intimidation of, and undue pressure on, the Judiciary

Press Release: Stop intimidation of, and undue pressure on, the Judiciary

The Malaysian Bar welcomes the reported efforts of the police in monitoring and investigating the reprehensible incidents of arson and vandalism against various places of worship this past week.

These incidents, along with the hacking and defacing of the Malaysian Judiciary’s website last week, con...

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THE CURSE OF POLITICS

THE CURSE OF POLITICS

The word “politics” can have different meanings in different contexts.

The one that I wish to presently discuss concerns the processes of acquisition of power and authority in order to govern a state or a country; or in other words, to rule over a group of persons defined by geographical boundari...

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SUHAKAM Public Inquiry into the Arrest and Detention of Five Lawyers of the Bar Council Legal Aid Centre (KL) (20 Dec 2009)

Article contributed by Adilah Ariffin, Executive Officer, Bar Council  
 
On 20 Dec 2009, SUHAKAM continued its Public Inquiry into the arrest and detention of five lawyers of the Bar Council Legal Aid Centre (Kuala Lumpur). From 10:15 am onwards, the Panel of Commissioners heard evidence from the inv...

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Energy Justice and The Empowerment of Women

Energy Justice and The Empowerment of Women

(Paper Presented At The Energy Justice  Conference At Boulder,  Colorado, USA On 24th And 25th October 2009)

According to the 2007 UNDP report entitled Energy and Poverty in Malaysia – Challenges and the Way Forward” (the UNDP report), more than a billion people in the Asia-Pacific region do no...

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Press Release: Safeguard fundamental liberties of witnesses

Press Release: Safeguard fundamental liberties of witnesses

The Malaysian Bar welcomes the High Court’s recent ruling that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission can only question witnesses between 8.30am and 5.30pm.  This decision recognises and protects witnesses, who have the right not to be interrogated outside of office hours.  The Court’s reaso...

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Seedless Slogans

Seedless Slogans

People love seedless fruits. It is convenient for our consumption.  The value of the fruit ends the moment it enters our digestive system. But a fruit with seeds can maintain continuity if placed in the hands of a creative and resourceful owner.

Just imagine if we pick up the seed and visualize the ...

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